Peter Beck and Mark Rocket aim to make history by launching the first privately constructed rocket from the southern hemisphere. Photo / Doug Sherring
If Wellingtonian Clare Keenan has her way, her grandmother's ashes will shoot into space later this month, enclosed in New Zealand's first sub-orbital rocket. Her dream, to honour her gran's memory with a rocket launch, will be made possible by a couple of Kiwi rocket geeks who, against all odds… More
9:05AM Thursday November 19, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL - Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station overnight for a weeklong stay… More
10:17AM Tuesday November 17, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA space shuttle 'Atlantis' successfully rocketed into orbit Monday, soaring 354… More
5:37PM Tuesday November 17, 2009
A 500-year-old meteor shower will pass over the country on Wednesday morning. The shower will be at its heaviest… More
8:57AM Monday November 16, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday local time: About… More
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